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Crazy Charlie

More warm saltwater

This link takes you to "Tight Line Shrimp"

Tight Line Shrimp

Shrimpin': A go to shrimp fly for tailing redfish from Laguna Madre based fly fisherman Roy Lopez. Easy to tie and perfect for the reds as well as a bunch of other species.
See how to tie it here

Click to see "Goldmine Crab"

Goldmine Crab

Crab: A weedless crab pattern with lots of flash and color, yet with a discrete landing suitable for finicky fish. Tied for redfish and other warm saltwater species
See how to tie it here

Directly to "The CDC & Elk family"

The CDC & Elk family

Improving the best: Hans Weilenmann's CDC & Elk is a fly as good as they come. Still a lot of people - including Hans himself and the author - have made variations. This article covers a whole bunch of CDC & Elk variations.
Meet the family here

Jump to "Bastard Crab"

Bastard Crab

Bonefish fly: Yet another impressionistic crab pattern that includes materials providing a lot of movement. This an Aaron Adams pattern that is often eaten as it drops to the bottom.
Read the extract from Dick Brown's Bonefish Fly Patterns here

Crazy Charlie

Type Warm saltwater fly

Originator
Bob Nauheim

Year of origin
1977

Difficulty
Very easy

Target species
Bonefish

Materials

Hook Salt water, straight eye, #4, 6 or 8
Thread Pink
Eyes Bead chain or dumbbell
Body Clear plastic (V-rib, Larva Lace or similar) over pink Crystal Flash or body braid
Wing Calf tail or craft fur, white, tan, pink or other color
Head Tying thread

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